This snapshot of Willie Leaks’s life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.When Willie Leaks was born about 1930, his father, Steve, was 35 and his mother, Theresa, was 30. On April 1, 1940, he was 10 years old and lived in Carlinville, Illinois with his father, mother, brother, and 3 sisters.

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